After leaving the blackness of his prison (as depicted in the previous plate), Saint Anthony opens his eyes and 'the darkness brightens'
to reveal the landscape in full light.

This distinct and finely drawn landscape is strongly reminiscent of Redon's early etchings begun under
the tutelage of the etcher, engraver and lithographer, Rodolphe Bresdin, whom he met in 1865 in his studio
in rural Bordeaux. It was Bresdin who encouraged Redon to explore and master the medium of etching
and revealed to him the imaginations of Dürer and Rembrandt through their engravings and etchings.